text.left property

Article
05/31/2018

[The Windows Gadget Platform/Sidebar is available for use in the operating systems specified in the Requirements section. It may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions. ]

Gets or sets the number of pixels from the left edge of the gadget to position the g:text element.

This property is read/write.

Syntax

ileft = text.left
text.left = ileft

Property value

An Integer that specifies or receives the position, in pixels, of the target element from the left edge of the gadget.

Remarks

This value overrides any positioning declared previously.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to set the left-position of the g:text element from a gadget script file.

\\ imgBackground is the value of the 'id' attribute for the g:background element.
var txtLeft = imgBackground.addTextObject("test", "Verdana", 25, "Red", intX, intY);
txtLeft.left = 0;

Requirements


Minimum supported client	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]
End of client support	Windows 7
End of server support	Windows Server 2008
IDL	Sidebar.idl
DLL	Sidebar.Exe (version 1.00 or later)